Building Community Power To Dismantle Policy-Based Structural Inequity In Population Health
By Anthony Iton, Robert K. Ross and Pritpal S. Tamber
Population health strategies tend to focus on individuals’ behaviors, genes, or health care access, yet it is well established that socioecological conditions are fundamental to health and strongly influenced by policy. In the US, health and other policies continue to be shaped by the country’s unique legacy of racial and economic segregation. Policy reform must be at the center of population health. This requires communities to have power.
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